July 6th, 2008
We’ve talked quite a bit about the Xbox 360 Blu-ray rumor, going as far as saying that a Blu-ray drive would be coming soon. While everything keeps pointing to the fact that Microsoft has a Blu-ray drive in the works, the company keeps insisting that they don’t.
Most recently, Microsoft Entertainment & Devices Division President […]
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July 5th, 2008
Looks like Sony plans to offer more integration between the PlayStation 3 console and the PlayStation Portable. The two have seen some updates of late (i.e. the remote play feature), but Sony Computer Entertainment doesn’t want to stop there.
John Koller (SCEA Director of Hardware Markating) revealed the following in an interview with IGN:
“I think […]
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July 5th, 2008
Sony Entertainment finally updated the PlayStation Network with the highly anticipated 2.4 update only to take it down soon after it went live. Reports on the official PlayStation message boards pointed to issues with the update and players claimed that their consoles were “bricking” after installing the update.
Sony’s respose was to pull down the […]
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July 5th, 2008
For anyone who still believes that video games are this marginal, tiny off-shoot of the entertainment industry, populated by a small segment of basement-dwelling cave boys….wake up!
The annual report from the Entertainment Merchants Association had a look at entertainment across platforms and had some interesting things of note with regards to the relative sizes of […]
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June 29th, 2008
Continuing our coverage of the Blizzard Worldwide Invitational, here’s some information about another dungeon (the first was The Occulus) coming up on the Wrath of the Lich King expansion for World of Warcraft: The Halls of Stone.
The Halls of Stone will be located in the Storm Peaks and will be a level 77-79 dungeon. Blizzard […]
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June 29th, 2008
The Blizzard team shed a bit of light on the role the Death Knight is meant to play in a dungeon or raid setting come Wrath of the Lich King. Essentially, Blizzard told us that the Death Knight hero class is meant to be a viable tank at both the dungeon and raid level and […]
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June 29th, 2008
At the Blizzard Worldwide Invitational, the Blizzard development team discussed the ways in which faction reputation will work in the upcoming World of Warcraft expansion.
The Blizzard team introduced the concept of “Championing” which allows players to sport a specific faction’s tabard during a heroic dungeon run and gain reputation for that particular faction regardless of […]
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June 29th, 2008
During today’s Dungeons and Raids Panel at the Blizzard Worldwide Invitational, the Blizzard team revealed some facts about itemization in the upcoming expansion.
Here’s a few things we can expect:
PvP gear will be available through PvE in addition to PvP
More items per boss kill in 25-player raids
More items that work for more classes so that loot […]
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June 29th, 2008
Today during the second and last day of the Blizzard Worldwide Invitational, Blizzard revealed several tidbits about what can be expected from the WotLK dungeons and raids.
For the Wrath of the Lich King expansion we can expect:
All raids to be available at both the 10-player and 25-player level, with 25-player loot being one tier higher […]
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June 29th, 2008
Nassau County police had a busy night on Tuesday reigning in what are being described as “video game inspired crimes”. Six youths went on a bit of a spree, allegedly mugging a man outside of a super market, attempting a car-jacking, and damaging vehicles with a variety of weapons, including a crowbar, a bat, and […]
By Erin -- 1 comment
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